Annals of "Vamos a aguantar ese anuncio hasta que empiece el mundial"
What a coincidence. A terrible inflation report, weeks overdue, just happens to get published on the day the World Cup kicks off. 5.7%. Two months in a row. Yikes....
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Resign...? More like resigned
Yesterday Henrique Capriles also shut the door on the idea of a Constitutional Assembly, or even the resignation of Nicolás Maduro, a man he used to claim “stole an...
Building the perfect leader
Leopoldo López is a smart, visionary guy. Maria Corina Machado is fearless, eloquent, a political megastar. Henrique Capriles has great name recognition, and he is a master at building consensus. It’s...
PDVSA's love of sports sponsorship
PDVSA is in a financial pickle, so lately they have been asking for loans all around the globe. From Russian and European oil companies to Halliburton (yes, that Halliburton),...
Chao-taing
Luis Chataing is a popular late-night TV host and comedian. His show was usually light on politics – while Chataing was clearly pro-opposition, his was not an overly political broadcast....
Mom, can we go back to Caracas?
“You know, I want to go back to Caracas now.” It caught me off guard to hear my five year old daughter say this. It’s been almost a...
"Media Plot:" The hegemony's permanent excuse
Last week, the government organized a high-profile conference about what they like to call “the media plot against Venezuela.” This was the usual blame-it-all-on-the-Evil-Empire gig, with a few...
A major leak
Ever since he turned himself in, Venezuelans had not seen or heard from Leopoldo López. The nation’s most visible political prisoner was made … invisible, thanks to the...
¿Te acuerdas, Quico?
El 10 de enero del año pasado, en Venezuela ocurrió una infamia. Un Presidente electo gravemente enfermo no pudo asistir a su toma de posesión, y contra toda...
¿Te acuerdas, Pepe?
Estimado Pepe, Discúlpame el tuteo, pero todos dicen que no te gustan los formalismos. Te escribo hoy porque hay cosas que están pasando en mi país, Venezuela, que...
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